Paul Wesley

"Gee, our old Lasalle ran great." I lived my whole life (until today) without knowing what they sang there.

Yeah, I may be with you on that.

I'm probably in the minority here, but: 1). Really not interested in Arkansas as a permanent rivalry game. IDGAF about how big the game was 50 years ago. TCU was also a big rivalry at times in our history. Totally not excited to play the pigs every year (though they would absolutely love it) 2). I'm as big a fan of college football as you'll meet, but we've already reached a point where we keep adding games that mean less to your ultimate season results, and asking kids to risk serious injury up to 17 times. Texas has been fairly healthy this year, but we're seeing some cumulative injuries to guys like Bond (who is a shadow of the threat he was back in September). We just saw Georgia lose at least two starters for the season in what was a fairly inconsequential game as it relates to a MNC (yes, winning your conference counts for something). 9 SEC games + conference championship + 4 playoff games... I think 17 games for 20-year old kids is pushing it. One partial fix is to keep an 8-game SEC schedule but punish teams in the tiebreakers who play Lamar or Texas State for their OOC. I understand our conference mates would vote that down by a wide margin, but it would arguably be good for college football as a whole by making for more Texas v Michigan as opposed to Bama v Mercer.

Calm and detached pregame Dvoracek: "Texas is a great program with amazing players and a great tradition." 4th-Quarter, one-score-game Dusty: "OH MY GOD THAT SHOULD BE A PENALTY ON TEXAS!!!! THIS IS RIDICULOUS!!! THIS IS NOT FAIR!!!! FUCK THIS FUCKING PROGRAM!!!"

big play

That was up for grabs

Funny how Herbie calls out all the borderline holds on one team...

Should be .5 to go and not 1.5

Unreal

Awww... Al is good people. And I say that as someone who saw realignment very differently from him over the last couple years. Let's distinguish between fellow sports fans (and good posters) who happen to root for a different school vs. mouthy bitches like Matt Campbell and Joey McGuire.

I was a few days late seeing this clip... Just "Wow." Hiding under Texas' skirt by claiming that a "Big 12 team" is in the SEC title game... I mean, WTF? First of all, it was apparent that by 2023, Sark had assembled an SEC roster (as evidenced by a double-digit win over the SEC champion on their home field), but we were still shackled by TV contracts to the Big 12. The idea that Texas is "Big 12" team in December of 2024 is just such loserspeak - he should be embarrassed for trying to "claim" us somehow. Reminder: In reality, it was a lot more one-sided than 57-7 would lead you to believe.

Yes, Bama is getting way too much love. That said (and sorry if already discussed) it is arguably that very same love for Bama that propelled Texas all the way to #3 last year.

Yeah, Liberty and Texas Bowls are SEC vs Big 12. Sankey and the SEC have been very strategic about choosing bowl matchups for their teams. I'll bet Sankey sends the Aggies *anywhere* other than those two spots... just to avoid the potential of getting a deflated Aggie program matched against Baylor, Tech, or TCU. All three of those programs would be super excited to hang an L on them.

It's probably too much to ask... but there's a scenario where they get sent to the AutoZone Liberty Bowl to get rolled by a Big-12 also-ran.

I hear you, but the advantage is 1) offensive rhythm, and 2) don't get drive-killing false starts by making your linemen hold their stance for 25 seconds per snap.